Eddie - It's been obvious for well over a year that the mets were not going to resign Jose Reyes. See my post below from March. Sandy really screwed this one up. They may not even get the thrid round pick if Albert signs with Florida.

Metsfans86 March 02, 2011 at 8:42AM

Regardless of the type of year Reyes has, with the current ownership in place, the mets will not re-sign Jose Reyes. If he has a great year - he will overprice himself. A down year - and the mets can make excuses they don't want to overpay. Ruben Tejada will be the starting ss next year with the possiblility of Flores for 2013.

I agree with simafia. Ive been saying for a while there is no reason to sign anyone over 30. Those guys are the type you sign when your close to a championship. They should be looking for an undervalued or maybe disappointing prospect in his early 20's that could develop to be a closer. Besides how many games are there going to be to close this year??? We can lose 90 with dotel or lose them without him.

Why would any team overpay for a guy who just came one off his worst seasons, may have a chronic back condition, is a poor fielder, lacks leadership skills and has only one year remaining on a contract?

And knowing the wilpons thinking they wouldn't do it because they would instantly lose ticket sales with a trade of dw.

While I normally agree with you I can't on pelfrey. Maybe the Yankees can afford to spend 6 mil on a number 5 starter but I just can't see the mets doing the same. That wouldn't be money well spent. At this point any combination of schwinden batista misch etc can do the same job for less. And without the licking.

I still don't see why any of these guys were signed in the off season. Chris young, dj carrasco, paulino, Harris, hairston, what was the point? They all will have no future on this team. We should be playing guys in their 20' s and see if any of them stick.

As for reyes why aren't we hearing MORE rumors about trading him? Just look at what the Denver nuggets did. By putting it out there early you can get teams to bid against each other. Drive up the price. Attendance will be directly related to winning. Even with reyes, if they lose people will stay home.

It was a good first win for the team, the kind they probably don't get last year. If there was one thing not to like though, it’s substituting sure handed Ike Davis for Daniel Murphy and the move almost backfiring immediately. Keep the better defender at the end of games. But overall a good win.

The Wilpons are interested in saving money right? They should bring in Backman to play second base and manage the team. Kill two birds with one stone. Even in his 50's, he probably has better range than the guys they are auditioning.

Regardless of the type of year Reyes has, with the current ownership in place, the mets will not re-sign Jose Reyes. If he has a great year - he will overprice himself. A down year - and the mets can make excuses they don't want to overpay. Ruben Tejada will be the starting ss next year with the possiblility of Flores for 2013.